Sec. 4b-133. Security audits and recommendations. (a) The Commissioner of
Administrative Services may conduct or require a security audit of any building or
structure owned or leased by a state agency, as defined in section 4b-130, to determine
the security characteristics of such building or structure. Such security audit shall be
conducted in cooperation with the state agency owning or occupying the building or
structure.

(b) Any recommendations for security improvements in any such security audit
shall be based on the audit's findings and, at a minimum, shall bring the audited building
or structure into compliance with the security standards established under section 4b-132.

(c) The Commissioner of Construction Services shall be the sole authority and have
all oversight responsibility for implementing security audit recommendations for capital
improvements made under subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such responsibility
shall include, but not be limited to, prioritizing facilities requiring security improvements.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive the requirement for a security audit for any building or
structure if an assessment of the facility's security needs, comparable in the commissioner's opinion to a Department of Administrative Services' security audit, has been applied
to the facility.

(P.A. 99-220, S. 5; P.A. 00-66, S. 14.; P.A. 11-51, S. 62.)

History: P.A. 00-66 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 11-51 amended Subsecs. (a) and (d) to change
"commissioner" to "Commissioner of Administrative Services", amended Subsec. (c) to change "commissioner" to "Commissioner of Construction Services" and amended Subsec. (d) to change "Department of Public Works'" to "Department
of Administrative Services'", effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 4b-134. Preliminary designs for renovation and construction projects.
Compliance with security standards. (a) The Commissioner of Construction Services
shall determine whether each renovation project for a state agency building or structure
under this title would have a significant impact on the security characteristics of the
building or structure. If the Commissioner of Construction Services determines that the
project would have a significant impact on such security characteristics, said commissioner shall review the preliminary design for the project for compliance with the security
standards established under section 4b-132. The Commissioner of Construction Services shall not approve any such preliminary design unless (1) the building or structure
has had a security audit, and (2) the Commissioner of Construction Services determines,
based on such review and audit, that such preliminary design meets or exceeds such
security standards.

(b) The Commissioner of Construction Services shall review the preliminary design
for each project for new construction for a state agency under this title for compliance
with the security standards established under section 4b-132. The Commissioner of
Construction Services shall not approve any such preliminary design unless the Commissioner of Construction Services determines, based on such review, that such preliminary design meets or exceeds such security standards.

(P.A. 99-220, S. 6; P.A. 00-69, S. 2, 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 63.)

History: P.A. 00-69 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute "would have a significant impact on the security" for "would
impact the security", effective May 16, 2000; P.A. 11-51 deleted references to October 1, 1999, and replaced references
to "Commissioner of Public Works" and "commissioner" with "Commissioner of Construction Services", effective July
1, 2011.

Sec. 4b-135. Security requirements for new leases. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may not execute a new lease for use by a state agency, as defined
in section 4b-130, of any building or structure which is not occupied or possessed by
the state at the time of execution of the lease unless (1) the owner or agent of the owner
of the building or structure has had a security audit conducted for the building or structure, which in the commissioner's opinion is comparable to security audits conducted
under section 4b-133, (2) (A) the Commissioner of Administrative Services determines
that the building or structure complies with the security standards established under
section 4b-132, or (B) such owner or agent has implemented the recommendations of the
security audit which bring the building or structure into compliance with such security
standards, and (3) such owner or agent agrees in the lease to maintain the security standards.

(P.A. 99-220, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 101.)

History: P.A. 11-51 deleted reference to July 1, 1999, and changed "Commissioner of Public Works" and "commissioner" to "Commissioner of Administrative Services", effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 4b-136. State-Wide Security Management Council. Duties. Reports. (a)
There is established a State-Wide Security Management Council. The council shall
consist of the following members or their designees: The Commissioner of Emergency
Services and Public Protection, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Commissioner of Construction
Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, a
representative of the Governor, a representative of the State Employees Bargaining
Agent Coalition, the president of the Connecticut State Police Union, the president of
the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and the president of the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall
serve as chairperson of the council. Each council member shall provide technical assistance in the member's area of expertise, as required by the council.

(b) The council shall coordinate the activities of state agencies, as defined in section
4b-130, that relate to state-wide state facility security.

(c) Each state agency and each department, board, commission, institution or other
agency of the state listed in the exceptions to the term "state agency" in section 4b-130 shall report quarterly to the council on the frequency, character and resolution of
workplace violence incidents and all security-related expenditures.

History: P.A. 06-21 amended Subsec. (a) to add Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
as council member; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to the members' designees, replace "Commissioner
of Public Works" with "Commissioner of Construction Services", delete "an attorney appointed by the Commissioner of
Public Works", add "the president of the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association", make the Commissioner of
Administrative Services chairperson, replace "Commissioner of Public Safety" with "Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection", delete "Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security", and delete
language allowing for appointment of Connecticut State Police Union's designee, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61
amended Subsec. (a) by adding "the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association" to members of council,
effective July 1, 2011.